Phrase guide

make oneself at home

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: чувствам се като у дома си (čuvstvam se kato u doma si) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Bulgarian: чувствувам се като у дома си (čuvstvuvam se kato u doma si) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Chinese Mandarin: 別客氣 /别客气 (bié kèqi) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Danish: føle sig som hjemme — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Finnish: olla kuin kotonaan — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • French: faire comme chez soi — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • French: se mettre à l’aise — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • German: es sich bequem machen — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Hungarian: otthon érzi magát — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Japanese: くつろぐ (kutsurogu) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Japanese: ごゆっくりする (go-yukkuri suru) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Norwegian Bokmål: føle seg som hjemme — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Polish: czuć się jak u siebie w domu — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Polish: poczuć się jak u siebie w domu — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Portuguese: sentir-se em casa — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Portuguese: ficar à vontade — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Russian: чу́вствовать себя́ как до́ма (čúvstvovatʹ sebjá kak dóma) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Slovene: počutiti se kakor doma — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Slovene: počutiti se kot doma — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Spanish: estar en casa (su) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Spanish: estar como en casa (su) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Spanish: ponerse cómodo — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Swedish: känna sig som hemma — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Ukrainian: гоститися (hostytysja) — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home
  • Vietnamese: cứ tự nhiên — make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home